The North Carolina Office of the State Controller has published its General Fund Cash Watch report for the week ending October 31, 2025. The weekly update details the state’s cash position, including receipts, disbursements, and reserved funds.
According to the summary provided by the OSC, the General Fund began the week with a balance of $10.92 billion. Over the course of the week, total receipts amounted to approximately $811 million while total disbursements reached about $1.77 billion. By October 31, the ending cash balance stood at roughly $9.96 billion.
Of this amount, $7.76 billion is designated as reserved cash for future obligations or specific uses, leaving an unreserved cash balance of about $2.20 billion at week’s end.
The breakdown of receipts between October 24 and October 31 shows that tax and non-tax revenues contributed around $351 million, while other receipts added about $460 million. There were no reported receipts from coronavirus relief during this period.
On the expenditure side, payroll was the largest category at nearly $881 million. Other significant disbursements included Medicaid and other provider payments ($209 million), state aid ($176 million), general operating expenses ($396 million), and tax refunds or distributions ($109 million). No funds were paid out for debt service or coronavirus relief transfers during this reporting period.
Reserved cash categories include allocations such as sales and use tax payable to local governments (about $970 million), American Recovery Plan Act Reserve ($83 million), Economic Development Project Reserve ($701 million), Savings Reserve ($3.62 billion), Stabilization and Inflation Reserve ($843 million), Information Technology Reserve ($335 million), Medicaid Contingency Reserve ($500 million), Federal Infrastructure Match Reserve ($50 million), Wilmington Harbor Enhancements Reserve ($284 million), Opioid Abatement Reserve ($59 million) and others.
According to information from OSC: “The State Controller serves as an independent resource to protect the financial integrity of the State and to promote accountability in an objective and efficient manner through its accounting, disbursing, payroll, internal controls, data management, eCommerce, and financial reporting systems that serve state agencies, employees, and the public.”
